Sanitary toilet.



0. C. CURRIE.

SANITARY TOILET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I9. 1914. IIENEWED APR. I3. 19H.

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SANITARY TOILET.

memes.

Speclcation of Letters Patent.

' Patented J an. 14, 1919.

Apphlentiozi led Beoember 19, 1914, Serial No. 878,023. Renewed April 18, 1917. Serial No. 181,904.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, O'rrs C. Conant, am

citizen of the United States, residin h 1c 1- Detroit, county of Wayne, State of gan, have .invented a certain new and use ings, which form a part of this specification. 4

' Thisinvention relates to sanitary toilets rovided with means for dischargin a dislnfectant into the bowl after each ushing thereof. The primary object of the invention is a device for the urpose stated that is wholly inclosed within the Hush water tank so that no part thereofis exposed to view or is in position to be readily disarranged by accident or intent-and whereby the necessity for perfectl fitting 'oints is avoided, as all leakage 1s into t e flush water. A further ob'ect is a means wherelo1 a movement of t e ioat automatically dlscharges disinfectant into the bowl after the ush water has passed therethrough, the said disinfectant mixing with the remaining water in the bowl until the next flushing thereof. These and other objects and thenovel features of construction whereby they may be attained are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of a flush tank connected with abowl and showing my improved means for supplying disinfectant."

Fig. 2'is a'section lof the flush tank .on

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Fig., 3 is a detail in. section of the pumpplunger employed in discharging disinfectant into the bowl. Fig. 4 is a detail of the connection between the pumplever and the float lever.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawing and specification.

vided, the upper end of which is above the normal level of water in the tank and the bottom end of which is connected with the pipe 3 below the seat for the valve 4. Water is supplied to the flush tank through a pipe 7 leading into the bottom thereof controlled b the valve mechanism 8, which is connecte by a lever 9 with the float 10. As the water level falls in the tank. during the dischar ing thereof, the float drops and lopens t e valve 8 allowing more Water to dow thereinto. When the valve is closed and the tank becomes filled, the float 10 rises therewith and closes the valve 8 as is usual in such devices.

"Located within the tank 2 is a disinfectant container 11 having a capped opening i 12 for 'the filling thereof. T e upper end of the container is situated above the normal level of water in the tank 2, and 'is provided at the bottom with a pump chamber` 13 extending a short distance upward `into the container and provided with inlet ports y 14 at the bottom of the container. A. piston 15 is reciprocable in the pump chamber and is provided with a stem 16 extending u ward through an openin provided in tiie upper end of the tank an is there pivotally 4attached'to the operating lever 17 ,pivotally mounted on a bracket 18 on the container 11. When this lever 17 is down, as shown in Fig. 1, the plunger 15 is raised abovepthe openings 14 in the pump chamber 13 and disinfectant in the tank 13 may How through the said openings 14 into the pump chamber. The'lower end of the pump chamber is provided with a tube^19 leading into the upper end of the overflow pipe 6. yWith the pump chamber filled with disinfectant as above described, raising of the pump lever 17 forces disinfectant from the pum chamber 13 into the overflow pipe 6 an thence downward through the pipe 3 into the bowl.

The lever 17 1s made somewhat flexible and is provided with a downwardly turned end 2O which is forked as shown in Fig. 4, at the upper ,end of which fork is provided a small grooved wheel 21.y The float lever 9 pperates in this fork 20,. which is of such length that thelever 9 is never wholly withdrawn therefrom. A spring 22 is provided on the `pump, plunger 16, between the end of the lever 17 and the disinfectant tank, tending to hold the pum plunger raised as shown in' Fig. 1, un er which condition disinfectant.

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the pump chamber 13 becomes lled with Prior to assuming this position, the water in the tank has been discharged through the pipe 3 and, as the tank again ills through the valve 8, the float 10 rises and when it has raised suiciently to engage the roller 2l in the fork ot the lever 17, the said lever is raised forcing the plunger down and discharging the disinfectant through the tube 19 into the overtlow pipe 6, and thence through the pipe 3 into the bowl, which it will be nod remains in the bowl as it iiows Vthereinto subsequent to the flushing thereof. When 4the howl is again dashed and the water discharged trom the tanli. 2, the float 'falls and the pump plunger rises providingr a new charge of disinfectant in the pump chamber which is subsequently delivered into the bowl at the time oit the lling or the tank 2.

The, lever ll" is made ilexible in order to allow the Heat valve to rise to the proper height to close the valve S which may occur after the plunger has completed its stroke in Careful adjustment or the parts is, therefore, avoided, as the plunger may complete its stroke before the float has raised sufliciently to close the valve 8.

From the foregoing description it loecomes evident that the device is automatically operated, deliveringl the disinfectant to the bowl after each dashing thereof` that the parts are simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and that' careful packing oit the various joints is not required as all lealtages occur within the dush water in an inclosed tanlr whereby vthe odors from. such leakage are not perceptible in the room in which the device is placed and, furthermore, that the parts are entirely hidden from view vand are not in position to loe tpered with.

nantaise Having thus briedy descrihed my .invert-i controlled thereby for maintaining a normal 'i supply of water in said tanlz, and means for discharging the' pump operated by movement of the tloat during the milling ot the tan 2. ln an apparatus of `the character de scribed, a dush water tank having an outlet, a manually operable valve controlling the outlet, a disinfectant container within the tank, a pump in said container adapted to receive aV certain uantity ot disinfectant therefrom, an over ow pipe openingn alcove the .normal level oit water in. they tanlt and opening into the outlet below the valve, a

tube extending from the discharge enolot the ump into the open end of the said overfow, a doat and means controlled thereby for maintaining a normal supply ot water in said tanlr, a lever tor operating the pump, the said lever being connected with the tloat, whereby on upward movement thereof the lever is operated to discharge the contents oit the pump into the coferdmzv.`

lin testimony whereof, ll 'sign this specihcation in the presence ot two witnesses.

@HS C. QUERER. Witnesses:

Elanna B., Wrsnnn, Santina Mollonaitn. 

